Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.14%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a positive note on Tuesday.

Shares of Axis Bank(up 1.82 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.77 per cent), IndusInd Bank(up 0.32 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 0.14 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank(up 0.13 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Federal Bank(down 0.9 per cent), ICICI Bank(down 0.49 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.32 per cent), HDFC Bank(down 0.31 per cent) and Bank of Baroda(down 0.19 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.14 per cent up at 44164.55.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 5.15 points at 18599.0, while the BSE Sensex stood up 5.41 points at 62792.88.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 ended in the green, while 22 closed in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, Zomato, YES Bank and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Maan Aluminium, ADF Foods, HBL Power, Force Motors and Munjal Showa hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Tirupati Forge, SITI Networks, Bombay Metrics Suppl, Quicktouch Technolog and Advitiya Trade India hit their fresh 52-week lows.